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“We want both our undergraduate students and graduates students to leave with appropriate technical and computer skills. We work with them extensively on building communication skills and the ability to work in teams. By the nature of the university we are very concerned about their ethical behaviors. We work on building a sense of personal responsibility and accountability, and we hope they leave here with a capacity to grow.”

-- William G. Forgang, chairman, Department of Business, Mount St. Mary’s University

“The most important skills that students taking college-level courses should take with them are those that equip them to become lifelong learners, prepare them for adapting to the fast pace of technological change and help them to think critically. Students must take with them an enhanced sense of inquisitiveness so they become innovators. Educators who help their students the most instill in them a passion for learning and discovery, an understanding of the behavioral changes and responsibilities that come with education and a desire to share their knowledge and experiences with the less privileged.”

--Hany Makhlouf, chair, School of Business and Public Administration, University of the District of Columbia

“If students understand that innovation can be focused on ideas that improve society, they will have taken away an important, practical lesson. For example, students who participate in the GW President’s Sustainability Task Force are playing important roles in planning and implementing improved campus recycling, energy-efficiency, and water conservation projects. They and others are assisting faculty with sustainability research and suggesting sustainability curricula. They have indeed learned how to apply creativity toward socially beneficial goals.”

-- Mark Starik, chair, Department of Strategic Management, The George Washington University School of Business

“I would expect my students to be able to think on a higher plane, be more creative in problem solving and recognize their strengths and limitations. It is critical that they appreciate the multiplicity of perspectives made possible by interactions with others in academic discourse. In today’s world of instantaneous access to unlimited information, we are asked to make higher-quality decisions in less time. It is imperative that students be given the skill sets to examine the assumptions that underlie their beliefs, to evaluate data and theoretical models, then develop reasoned solutions to complex problems.”

“That there is no one lesson. I strive to impart to my students that their greatest asset in this ever-changing world is their ability to learn — to acquire, synthesize, and act on new knowledge. I strive to cultivate dispositions of openness and willingness to learn anew, to examine their own assumptions and to look at business and management challenges from multiple perspectives. The Trinity MBA program is structured to cultivate five core competencies: critical thinking, strategic management, cultural understanding, problem solving, and values-based leadership.”

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